Technology gives the visitor the chance to beat cartoon depictions of goalkeeping heroes Bert Williams, Phil Parkes, Mike Stowell, Matt Murray and Wayne Hennessey by swinging their foot at an imaginary ball in the direction of a big screen.

There is also the chance to pose as a Wolves player or manager, answering post-match questions from commentator John Motson on a video, which can then become part of the fans’ wall at the museum.

The physical exhibits are too numerous to mention, but include one of Joleon Lescott’s England shirts, a Republic of Ireland top fron Robbie Keane, and city ref Jack Taylor’s kit from the 1974 World Cup final. There is the Wrekin Cup from 1884, that looks like it should have been handed to the best in Europe, and a match ball from the 1893 FA Cup final, when Wolves beat Everton 1-0.

A minute book from the 1920s shows that Major Buckley was paid £650 a year to be manager, while there is a stern taped denial from one of his successors, Stan Cullis, that Buckley had given his team controversial, performance-enhancing ‘monkey gland treatment’.

Pictures and documents trace the club’s moves from pitches off Goldthorn Hill, and in Lower Villiers Street and Dudley Road, before the arrival at the Molineux Pleasure Gardens in 1889, the last decisive uprooting taking place with the help, strangely, of the Northampton Brewery Company.

There is Ron Flowers’ World Cup winner’s medal from 1966, loaned by the midfield star, a South Bank turnstile from the 1930s, and a chunky 50s physiotherapy machine.

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, a season ticket holder in the Steve Bull Stand, has also loaned the museum a Wolves head sculpture by artist Bruce Larsen.

A spellbinding experience for a fan, all in all, the cost of entry holding up well against admission to Wolverhampton’s semi-rural National Trust properties Wightwick Manor (£8.60) and Moseley Old Hall (£6.45).

Worth foregoing a half-time pint and pasty so you can afford to get in, or a special journey, even? I would have said so.

* Details are available at www.wolvesmuseum.co.uk or on 0871 222 1877.